CFP: [Gender Studies] Elizabeth Madox Roberts 2009

The XI Annual Elizabeth Madox Roberts Conference will be held April 18-20,2009, at St. Catharine College (Springfield, KY) and the Beaumont Inn(Harrodsburg, KY).

Conference directors welcome papers on any aspect of Elizabeth MadoxRobertsâ€™ life and work. Papers may also deal intertextually with Robertsand other writers; Roberts in the context of the Southern Renascence;Roberts viewed from regional and historical perspectives; Roberts andModernism; stylistic studies, etc. First time reader response papers oressays of discovery and celebration from new readers of Roberts arestrongly encouraged.

Titles and abstracts are due January 10, 2009. Papers should be no morethan 15 minutes in oral presentation. Academic paper sessions will be heldat St. Catharine College, Springfield. The conference headquarters is thelovely and legendary Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg.

Email title and abstract to:Nicole McDaniel (Texas A&M), Program Chair, at nicolemcdc_at_tamu.edu.

Please send a copy also to at least one other member of the Program Committee:Goretti Vianney-Benca (SUNY New Paltz) at vianneyg_at_aol.com; Vicki Barker(Carson-Newman College) at vbarker_at_cn.edu; William Boyle (University ofMississippi) at williamboyle4444_at_yahoo.com; Matthew Nickel (University ofLouisiana-Lafayette) at sapling805_at_yahoo.com; Alex Shakespeare (BostonCollege) at alexandriesse_at_yahoo.com; Natalie Khoury (University of Georgia)at nkhoury_at_uga.edu; or Gisele Sigal (Universite de Pau, France) atgisele.sigal_at_iutbayonne.univ-pau.fr.